AIBU to have blocked them on facebook?

[idontlikebirthdaycake]

I'm pregnant (Almost twenty-three weeks) and I've asked for everything regarding my pregnancy to be kept off social media. My Sister sadly lost her baby after announcing she was having a girl, and she then had to tell everyone she wasn't having her baby.

I really don't want that to happen to myself.

My Mum and Dad think I'm being ridiculous and they announced to the world the Gender of my little bean on Facebook (They also did the same thing with my DD who is Two) I told them that it wasn't their right to do that, I explained I'd entrusted them to keep gender of baby number two quiet, at least for a while.

I reported the post - Which thankfully was taken down and I blocked them.

I know they are excited. I am too and so is my little one, she's thrilled at the prospect of being a big sister. But so far I've managed to keep this pregnancy known to just me, my family and a few friends.

I can't help but feel my parents overstepped a line.

Absolutely they overstepped the mark. They may well be excited but it's not their baby, it's yours and you've asked them to respect your privacy and they've ignored that. I'd be very cross to be honest.

Moondancer73 - My parents are kind of... Overbearing. That's the nicest way I can put it. I live alone (I'm a single Mum. My DD and baby on the way have the same dad but he left for someone else, no skin off my nose) And my Mum is always treating my two-year-old like she's a two-month-old baby, god knows how she's going to be when baby number two comes along

YANBU. They may be understandably excited but they didn’t respect your wishes.

Yanbu. That's not on. Doesn't matter what they think of your decision they should respect it.

Be very careful around the infantilising that your parents are doing Idont It is an unbelivably destructive force. I have seen it in my immediate family. My Sister and DBIL raised their kids to never grow up and it has had fatal consequences.

Talking to my parents is like wading through treacle. But thank you all, your messages are just the thing I needed to read, it's nice to know that the hormones haven't made me crazy yet

See it as a big reminder you need to reinforce your boundaries before the baby arrives.
Juggling 2 dc won't be made easier having to deal with batshit buggars also!